Matt still doesn't know how to finish off a game strong, game
should have been put away in the 3rd q.....I maybe looking too deep
into this but something must be going on with Roddy this season hes
not giving full effort out there on the filed this season.

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Originally Posted by TheFalconsFan

Of course Matt can close a game out, what I mean is finish off a game
with a big lead so our defense won't put our offense in a position to
play from behind late in a game.

Example: The game against Seattle
this season that game had no business coming down to a field goal attempt
Matt should have put that game away early in the 3rd q but, all what our
offense did in the second half of that game was muster up 6 points C'Mon
Man. lol

I still have trouble blaming him. We always go into some uber conservative offense, it would have been over alot earlier if Douglas catches that third down. Ryan went 27/34 for 260 and 3 TDs, I don't think any blame can be put on him.

Ryan played great, made great play calls in the no huddle. Julio must not have been 100% he didnt get to see many balls and the one he did he dropped. Hes going to have to get better at catching the ball. Roddy had a solid game, would have liked to see him bring in the deep ball from Ryan, Roddy in the past has caught those, he could have easily layed out for it.

Spoon has become a monster as many of us have said. Today again prooved how thin our secondary is, if Grimes is in the game the Vikings dont score those 2 TDs, simple as that.

Offense seems to be more consistent and starting to get all our weapons at a good time, Svitek is legit and should remain the starter all year. The defense really needs Willy Mo back, and nice to see Weems have a nice return.

All in all, A decent game against a ****** team, we kinda played down to thier level but got a win. I think I'm going to be a Giants fan tmrw instead of the Saints. Id much rather win the division. Bears lost today too which was a big help.

I don't understand why Minnesota put Cedric Griffin on Julio and had over the top safety help, yet singled Roddy with Benny Sapp. Even when Roddy was abusing them later on in the game they kept their better corner on Julio. Maybe this goes to show how much teams respect him.

I think Matt Ryan might struggle a little this game, not too much but he won't look as good as he has the past couple weeks against a fairly cupcake schedule. Turner is going to have a tough time finding holes on that run D, so Ryan will probably have like 40 attempts. I'm predicting 260 yards, 2 TDs, 1 INT. I also think Julio bounces back, you'd have to think the Texans put Jonathan Joseph on Roddy White.

OMG people stop living in fantasy football world where every CB who doesn't have 10 ints and gets the "shutdown" label is a bad CB. So many fans act like 95% of the CBs in the NFL suck. The league is skewed to help pass catchers. It's really hard to 'shut down' quality NFL WRs. You fantasy footballquateers are going to be waiting a long time if you are only happy with the Falcons starting the next Darrell Revis and Deion Sanders at CB.

OMG people stop living in fantasy football world where every CB who doesn't have 10 ints and gets the "shutdown" label is a bad CB. So many fans act like 95% of the CBs in the NFL suck. The league is skewed to help pass catchers. It's really hard to 'shut down' quality NFL WRs. You fantasy footballquateers are going to be waiting a long time if you are only happy with the Falcons starting the next Darrell Revis and Deion Sanders at CB.

Pretty sure Not being happy with Owens or Franks at CB is warranted. Have you seen Owens play at all the past 2 seasons? Have you seen Franks this year blow multiple coverages? When is the last time either of them made a big play on defense to change momentum, get a TO, break up a ball to force a punt?

I don't expect them to shut down a WR from catching a pass all game, If the catch the ball in front of them and they make the tackle at the point of the catch I'm happy. I' not happy when they blow coverages, chase a receiver, never make a big play.

Dunta is by no means a playmaker. But he rarely gets beat deep, is a pretty solid tackler, and is a good starting CB. Grimes, who is by far our best DB by a longshot, is that playmaker that can affect games. Owens and Franks are neither of these things. In fact they are complete garbage.